Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix [ xoɑkin fi ː nɪks ] ( born October 28, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as Joaquin Raphael Bottom) is an American actor.
Biography
Youth and beginning of career
Joaquin Phoenix was born on October 28, 1974 in Puerto Rico and lived with his family in modest circumstances. When he was six years old, the family settled in Los Angeles after she had for several years a missionary in South America on behalf of the Children of God religious community. As a sign of the new beginning of the name of Bottom in Phoenix has changed. His brother was the late River Phoenix on 31 October 1993. His sister Rain was later actress (O - confidence, seduction, betrayal and Hitch - The Date Doctor ).
Minor appearances on television had Phoenix in the 1980s, first film experience he gained in 1995 at the site of Nicole Kidman in To Die For Drama. Two years later, Phoenix was with Liv Tyler in The Abbotts - When love kills hatred on camera. The two had a pair for two years.
Play-acting
A career upswing gave him the appearance of the Roman emperor Commodus in Gladiator, here he fell next to the Oscar winner Russell Crowe. For this role he was nominated in 2000, among other things, for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Then Phoenix was seen in two films of the Mystery - director M. Night Shyamalan: Signs - Signs and The Village - The Village. The high point of his career made the biographical film Walk the Line. He embodies there the well-known country singer Johnny Cash. He was chosen by Johnny Cash himself for the film, his film colleague Reese Witherspoon was chosen by Johnny Cash's second wife June Carter Cash. For the film, he learned to sing and play guitar; He sang all the songs appearing in the film itself for the role, he was highly praised and received at the presentation of the Golden Globe Awards 2006 the award for best actor in a comedy or musical. He was also nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars. He had to be treated in a clinic for alcohol addiction after the shooting; in many parts of the film he is the addiction of the country singer dar. The documentation Earthlings he lent his voice as narrator.
In October 2008, Phoenix announced that he would retire from the movie business to devote himself to music. His spokeswoman confirmed this statement. In the following years he performed with luxuriant hair and beard glory in appearance and made with seemingly bizarre appearances on talk shows attention to themselves. However, as it turned out in September 2010, it was both in his singing career, including the task of being an actor as well as his external transformation to a delusion. His time as a pseudo - rapper is in the Casey Affleck -produced mockumentary I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin addressed Phoenix.
In 2012 he held a role in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. The film is based on the history of Scientology and is about the emergence of a sect. He was nominated for the second time for the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance.
Joaquin Phoenix is a vegan since childhood and is committed to the animal rights organization PETA. He carries in his films only fur - and leather-free clothing. Phoenix is an atheist.
Filmography
Awards
- 2006: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Comedy / Musical for Walk the Line
- 2001: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Gladiator
- 2001: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Gladiator
- 2006: Oscar for Best Actor for Walk the Line
- 2013: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama for The Master
- 2013: Oscar for Best Actor for The Master
- 2014: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical for Her